Com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos da interação entre o silício (Si) e o fósforo (P) na planta e no solo, foram realizados três experimentos. No primeiro experimento, avaliou-se o efeito de duas fontes de Si (wollastonita e filossilicato) em diferentes doses (0 a 250 mg dm-3) sobre o aproveitamento do P do superfosfato triplo marcado com o radioisótopo 32P. Utilizouse o arroz (Oryza sativa) como planta teste. Neste primeiro experimento, as duas fontes de Si promoveram incremento na quantidade do elemento nas plantas, porém tiveram comportamento diferente quanto à produção de matéria seca da parte aérea e de P acumulado, tendo apenas o filossilicato promovido ganhos para estas variáveis. Constatou-se que o maior acúmulo do P pela planta em relação ao tratamento controle (sem Si) foi devido à maior absorção do nutriente do solo e não do fertilizante, sendo baixo o aproveitamento do superfosfato triplo pelas plantas para as duas fontes de Si. No entanto, a wollastonita liberou maiores quantidades de Si no solo em relação ao filossilicato. No segundo experimento foram avaliadas as formas de aplicação (em sulco ou misturado ao solo) de Si e P no aproveitamento do P do superfosfato triplo pelo arroz. Aplicou-se uma dose de Si (125 mg dm-3) intermediária daquelas utilizadas no primeiro experimento para ambas as fontes de Si, wollastonita e filossilicato, e a mesma dose de P (53 mg dm-3). De acordo com os resultados desse experimento, as duas fontes de Si apresentaram respostas similares, não havendo diferença para nenhuma variável analisada. No terceiro experimento foi realizado um teste de incubação (sem planta), no qual se aplicou as mesmas doses de Si do primeiro experimento (0 a 250 mg dm-3) e a mesma dose de P (53 mg dm-3), a fim de avaliar o comportamento da liberação de Si pelas fontes wollastonita e filossilicato em função do tempo, entre 0 a 90 dias. Foram realizadas coletas mensais de amostras do solo. Verificou-se que ambas as fontes de Si apresentaram a maior liberação deste elemento no solo próximo aos 60 dias após a aplicação. O teor de P no solo, no terceiro experimento (de incubação do solo), apesar de ter sido aplicado em uma única dose, comportou-se de maneira similar ao Si, tendo aumentado com o passar do tempo e obtendo valor máximo próximo de dois meses após a aplicação. Nos três experimentos, verificou-se que apesar do extrator ácido acético indicar maior teor de Si no solo, o extrator cloreto de cálcio obteve dados mais coerentes quando comparado com o Si acumulado na parte aérea das plantas de arroz. Dessa forma, a utilização do Si pode constituir um componente útil para o manejo da adubação, tendo em vista que houve interação positiva com o P, que é um dos nutrientes mais limitantes nos solos brasileiros. / With the aim of evaluating the effects of the interaction between the silicon (Si) and phosphorus (P) in plant and soil, three experiments were carried. In the first experiment, the effect of two sources of Si (wollastonite and phyllosilicate) at different doses (0-250 mg dm- 3) on P recovery from triple superphosphate labeled with the radioisotope 32P was evaluated. We used the rice (Oryza sativa) as a test plant. In this first experiment, the two sources of Si promoted increase in the amount of the element in plants, but have different behavior regarding the production of dry matter of shoots and P uptake, with only the phyllosilicate promoted gains for these variables. It was found that the greater accumulation of P by the plant compared to the control treatment (without Si) was due to higher absorption of nutrients from the soil and fertilizer, and low utilization of the triple superphosphate by plants to the two sources of Si However, wollastonite released higher amounts of Si in the soil in relation to the phyllosilicate. In the second experiment the application forms (in groove or mixed with soil) of Si and P in P recovery from triple superphosphate for rice were evaluated. Applied a dose of Si (125 mg dm-3) intermediate from those used in the first experiment for both sources of Si, wollastonite and phyllosilicate, and the same dose of P (53 mg dm-3). According to the results of this experiment, the two sources of Si showed similar responses, with no differences for any variable analyzed. In the third experiment a test incubation (no plant) in which applied the same doses of Si in the first experiment (0 to 250 mg dm-3) and the same dose of P (53 mg dm-3) was performed to order to evaluate the behavior of the wollastonite for Si sources and phyllosilicate a function of time, between 0-90 days. Monthly collections of soil samples were taken. It was found that both sources of Si had the highest soil release in the next 60 days after application. The content of P in the third experiment (incubation ground), although it has been applied in a single dose, behaved similarly, and increased with the passage of time and getting maximum near two months the application. In three experiments, we found that despite the extractor acetic acid indicate higher Si content in the soil, the extractor calcium chloride obtained more consistent data when compared with the Si accumulated in shoots of rice plants. Thus, the use of Si can be a useful for fertilization management component, considering that there was a positive interaction with P, which is one of the most limiting nutrients in Brazilian soils.

A integração das espécies de adubos verdes, que imobilizam P, com a aplicação de fontes minerais fosfatadas é uma das medidas agronômicas mais promissoras para melhorar a disponibilidade de P para a cultura principal, com o objetivo de recuperar a fertilidade do solo, aumentar a matéria orgânica do solo e assim, otimizar eficiência de fertilizantes minerais. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram selecionar entre as espécies de adubos verdes mais eficientes em absorver o P na forma menos disponível e pela marcação isotópica destas plantas com ³²P, quantificar o aproveitamento deste nutriente proveniente dos adubos verdes e do fertilizante mineral pela cultura da cana-de-açúcar e do arroz, determinando suas reais contribuições como fonte de P. O estudo foi desenvolvido três fases, em amostras de Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo distrófico típico, com baixo teor de P, em casa-de-vegetação no CENA/USP. O primeiro experimento foi realizado com a finalidade de identificar e selecionar entre as 25 espécies de adubos verdes (AV) mais eficientes em absorver P através de métodos de diluição isotópica. As plantas foram cultivadas em delineamento inteiramente casualizado com três repetições. Com os resultados (13 variáveis) das 25 espécies de adubo verde realizou-se análise estatística de componentes principais (PCA) e de agrupamento hierárquico (AHA) visando grupar os mais similares. A PCA foi explicada pelas duas primeiras componentes, definidas como P acumulado na planta e o valor L, resultando em três grupos, sendo o tremoço a espécies mais eficiente em absorver o P menos disponível, portanto, há diferença entre as espécies quanto à absorção. A partir desses grupos foram selecionadas algumas espécies de adubos verdes para avaliar o aproveitamento do P (AP) do adubo verde e do superfosfato triplo (SFT) pela raiz e parte aérea da cana-de-açúcar (experimento II) e pela parte aérea do arroz (experimento III) através da técnica da diluição isotópica. Para a cana-de-açúcar, foram selecionados braquiária ruziziensis, crotalária juncea, guandu anão, estilosante cv. Campo grande e para o arroz, a crotalária juncea e guandu anão e quatro doses de SFT (0; 30; 60 e 120 mg/vaso de P). Em média, os AVs apresentaram baixo aproveitamento, sendo 0,1 % pela raiz da cana; 0,8% pela parte aérea da cana e 2,0% pelo arroz. Para SFT, o AP pela raiz da cana foi de 1,0%; 9,9% pela parte aérea e 4,0% pelo arroz. Assim, o AP do SFT é superior aos dos adubos verdes para as duas culturas, independente das espécies de adubos verdes. Obtêm-se maior aproveitamento do SFT para ambas as culturas, na dose de 30 mg/vaso de P. O P do adubo verde não é suficiente para suprir a total demanda da cultura principal, mas favorece a absorção do P pela cultura quando associada ao SFT. / Integration of green manures species, which immobilize P, with supplying mineral P sources is one of the most promising agronomic practices for improving the availability of P for the main crop in order to recover soil fertility, increasing soil organic matter and thus optimize the efficiency of mineral fertilizers. The objectives of this work was to select among the green manure species the most efficient in absorbing the less available form of P, and by isotopic labeling of this plants, quantify the use of this nutrient from the green manures and mineral fertilizer by the sugar cane and rice crops, determining their real contributions as a P source. It was developed in three phases, in dystrophic Typical Hapludox, low-P, in the greenhouse in CENA / USP. The first experiment was conducted to identify and select the green manure species the more efficient one in absorbing P by isotopic dilution techniue. The plants were grown in a completely randomized design with three replications. With 25 species of green manures and 13 variables statistical analysis of principal components (PCA) and hierarchical clustering (HCA) were carried out in order to group the most similar ones. The PCA was explained by the first two components, defined as plant accumulated P and the L value, resulting three groups, and the white lupin being the most efficient in absorbing less available P, so there is difference between species on the ability to absorb the less available form of soil P absorption. From these groups some species of green manure were selected to evaluate the P use efficiency (PUE), from green manure and triple superphosphate (TSP), both labeled with ³²P, by sugar cane (experiment II) and rice plant (experiment III) through the isotopic dilution technique. Brachiaria, sunnhemp, dwarf pigeon pea, stylosante cv. campo grande were selected for sugar cane and sunnhemp and dwarf pigeon pea for rice, and four rates of TSP (0, 30, 60 and 120 mg P/ pot). On average, the AVs had low PUE, begin 0.1% by the root of sugar cane, 0.8% by shoot of sugar cane and 2.0% by rice. For TSP, the PUE by sugar cane roots were 1.0%, 9.9% by shoots and 4.0% by rice plants. Thus PUE of TSP is greater than that of green manure for both crops, regardless of green manure species. The highest PUE of TSP for both crops was obtained at rate of 30 mg P/pot. The green manure P is not sufficient to meet total demand for the main crop, but improves the absorption of P by the crop when associated with SFT.

O fósforo (P) que é um nutriente pouco disponível em solos tropicais devido a sua deficiência natural e também por causa da imobilização do mesmo em constituintes do próprio solo, formando fosfatos insolúveis e assim indisponíveis as plantas. A solubilização destes fosfatos inorgânicos é uma estratégia para aumentar a disponibilidade deste nutriente no solo. Uma forma seria a utilização de microrganismos solubilizadores de P que deixam este nutriente disponível às plantas. Desta forma, o presente trabalho teve como objetivos: (i) avaliar o crescimento do cafeeiro em função das fontes e doses de P2O5; (ii) determinar o fósforo disponível e (iii) avaliar o estado nutricional do cafeeiro, em função da fonte e dose de P2O5. O desenvolvimento das mudas de cafeeiro é superior com o uso de fonte de P solúvel, em relação à fonte de solubilidade gradual, independentemente da dose. A determinação da capacidade de substituição da fonte solúvel pela fonte de solubilidade gradual depende do tempo de reação no solo, cuja máxima equivalência é igual a 84 %, aos 180 dias após a aplicação do fertilizante (MSF). Em solos com teor de P disponível suficiente para a cultura do cafeeiro é viável a substituição de uma fonte solúvel (SFS) por outra de baixa solubilidade associada à micro-organismos (MSF). / Phosphorus (P) which is a little available nutrient in tropical soils due to their disability and also because natural impoundment of the same constituents in the soil itself, forming insoluble phosphates and thus unavailable to plants. The solubilization of inorganic phosphate is a strategy to increase the availability of this nutrient in the soil. One way would be to use P-solubilizing microorganisms that make nutrients available to plants that. Thus, this study aimed to: (i) evaluate the growth of coffee as a function of the sources and levels of P2O5, (ii) determine the available phosphorus and (iii) assess the nutritional status of coffee, depending on the source and dose of P2O5. The development of coffee seedlings is higher with the use of soluble P source, in relation to the source of gradual solubility regardless of dose. The determination of the replacement capacity of the water soluble source of gradual solubility depends on the reaction time in the soil, whose maximum equivalence is equal to 84% at 180 days after fertilizer application (MSF). In soils with a sufficient level of available P for the cultivation of coffee is feasible to replace a water soluble (SFS) for another low solubility associated with micro-organisms (MSF).

Submitted by Camila Paula Rossetto Pescatori Jacon (capescatori@fca.unesp.br) on 2016-11-22T10:47:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese completa impressa.pdf: 5118013 bytes, checksum: 4331829f5c23efb70accd8824afcccfc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-11-25T16:33:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 jacon_cprp_dr_bot.pdf: 5118013 bytes, checksum: 4331829f5c23efb70accd8824afcccfc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-25T16:33:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 jacon_cprp_dr_bot.pdf: 5118013 bytes, checksum: 4331829f5c23efb70accd8824afcccfc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A utilização de plantas livres de vírus, associada a outras tecnologias, pode proporcionar maior produtividade no cultivo de alho vernalizado. No entanto, essas plantas apresentam comportamento produtivo distinto das plantas infectadas, tornando necessária a adequação das técnicas de manejo empregadas na cultura até então. Estudos sobre a nutrição das plantas de alho livres de vírus ainda não são conclusivos. Visando alcançar alta produtividade, e considerando as características dos solos tropicais, os adubos fosfatados têm sido utilizados em altas doses. Então, o presente trabalho teve o objetivo de verificar o efeito da adubação fosfatada no cultivo de alho vernalizado livre de vírus. Para tanto foram conduzidos três experimentos em anos subsequentes, em área de produção, na região de Santa Juliana – MG. No primeiro experimento foram avaliadas duas fontes (100% superfosfato simples: SS e 50% superfosfato simples + 50% termofosfato: SS+T) e 5 doses de fósforo (0, 100, 200, 300, 400 mg dm-3) em 4 repetições. Observou-se que houve pouca influência das fontes de fósforo utilizadas nos resultados e que as maiores doses de P utilizadas ocasionaram redução na produção e qualidade dos bulbos. No experimento 2 foram avaliadas 5 doses de P (0, 70, 140, 210, 180 e 350 mg dm- 3 ) em 4 repetições, utilizando-se a fonte SS+T. Verificou-se que, da mesma forma que no primeiro experimento, nas doses mais elevadas de P ocorreu redução da produção. Devido a uma chuva ocorrida na fase de diferenciação, ocorreu o superbrotamento, verificando-se aumento da incidência de plantas com essa anomalia com a elevação das doses de P. O terceiro experimento foi conduzido avaliando-se 5 doses de P (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 e 250 mg dm-3) em 4 repetições e também foi verificada redução na produção na dose mais elevada de P. A dose de 200 mg dm-3 de P, utilizando-se a fonte superfosfato simples + termofosfato, em solo com alto teor inicial de fósforo, proporcionou maior produção e porcentagem de bulbos nas classes mais valorizadas. / The use of virus-free garlic plants, associated with other technologies can increased productivity in vernalized garlic growing. However, these plants have different productive behavior from the infected plants, requiring the adequacy of management techniques used for the culture until then. Studies on virus-free garlic plants nutrition of are not conclusive. In order to achieve high productivity and considering the characteristics of tropical soil, phosphate fertilizers have been used in high doses. So, this study aimed to vertify the effect of phosphate fertilization on vernalized virus-free garlic growing. Therefore three experiments were carried out in subsequent years in growing field, in the Santa Juliana - MG. In the first experiment were evaluated two sources (SS and SS + T) and 5 doses of phosphorus (0, 100, 200, 300, 400 mg dm-3) in 4 replications. It was observed that the results were little influenced by the P sources and that higher doses of P applied occasioned reduction in yield and quality of the bulbs. In experiment 2 were evaluated five doses of P (0, 70, 140, 210, 180 and 350 mg dm-3) in 4 replicates using SS+T. It was found that, as in the first experiment, at the higher doses of P, there was a decrease of production. Due to a rain occurred in the differentiation stage, there was incidence of secondary bulb growth and it was verified that plants with this anomaly increased with P doses rising. The third experiment was carried out evaluating five levels of P (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mg dm-3) in 4 replicates and it was also verified that there was a decrease in production at the highest dose. The use of 200 mg dm-3 of P, with the source superphosphate + thermophosphate, in soil with high phosphorus initial level, provided higher yield and percentage of bulbs in more valued classes.

Mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa) fruit is native to Brazil, and its fruit - mangaba - is widely used in agribusiness juices and ice creams. Given the growing demand for its fruit becomes imperative to cultivation of this species. Thus, it is necessary to develop farming technologies, which includes studies on fertilization. The work aimed to study the response to fertilization mangabeira planting with different sources and levels of phosphorus in soil type PSAMENT. The experiment was carried out in green- EMBRAPA, Aracaju, Sergipe. We studied two phosphorus sources (triple super phosphate and Gafsa rock phosphate) and five doses (0, 0.56, 1.12, 2.24 and 4.48 g P2O5 dm3). Observed photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, transpiration and internal CO 2, besides the production of dry matter and phosphorus content and accumulation in roots and shoots. It was concluded that the provision of high doses of phosphorus and high in acidity and concentration of aluminum substrate provided by the source superphosphate brought damage to plant development. The Gafsa rock phosphate was more efficient doque triple superphosphate as source of phosphorus for speciosa. / A mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes) é frutífera nativa do Brasil, e seu fruto - mangaba - é muito utilizado na agroindústria de sucos e sorvetes. Tendo em vista a crescente demanda por seus frutos torna-se imperativa a necessidade de cultivo desta espécie. Para tanto, faz-se necessário o desenvolvimento de tecnologias de cultivo, o que inclui estudos relativos à adubação. O trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a resposta da mangabeira à adubação de plantio com diferentes fontes e doses de fósforo em solos do tipo Neossolo Quartzarênico. O experimento foi desenvolvido em casa-devegetação da EMBRAPA, em Aracaju, Sergipe. Estudou-se duas fontes de fósforo (super fosfato triplo e fosfato natural de Gafsa) e cinco doses (0; 0,56; 1,12; 2,24 e 4,48g de P2O5 dm3). Observou-se fotossíntese, condutância estomática, transpiração e CO2 interno, além da produção de massa seca e teor e acúmulo de fósforo no sistema radicular e na parte aérea. Concluiu-se que a disponibilização de doses excessivas de fósforo e a elevação da acidez e dos teores de alumínio do substrato, proporcionados pela fonte superfosfato triplo trouxeram prejuízos ao desenvolvimento das plantas. O fosfato natural de Gafsa foi mais eficiente doque o superfosfato triplo, como fonte de fósforo para a mangabeira.

O fósforo (P) que é um nutriente pouco disponível em solos tropicais devido a sua deficiência natural e também por causa da imobilização do mesmo em constituintes do próprio solo, formando fosfatos insolúveis e assim indisponíveis as plantas. A solubilização destes fosfatos inorgânicos é uma estratégia para aumentar a disponibilidade deste nutriente no solo. Uma forma seria a utilização de microrganismos solubilizadores de P que deixam este nutriente disponível às plantas. Desta forma, o presente trabalho teve como objetivos: (i) avaliar o crescimento do cafeeiro em função das fontes e doses de P2O5; (ii) determinar o fósforo disponível e (iii) avaliar o estado nutricional do cafeeiro, em função da fonte e dose de P2O5. O desenvolvimento das mudas de cafeeiro é superior com o uso de fonte de P solúvel, em relação à fonte de solubilidade gradual, independentemente da dose. A determinação da capacidade de substituição da fonte solúvel pela fonte de solubilidade gradual depende do tempo de reação no solo, cuja máxima equivalência é igual a 84 %, aos 180 dias após a aplicação do fertilizante (MSF). Em solos com teor de P disponível suficiente para a cultura do cafeeiro é viável a substituição de uma fonte solúvel (SFS) por outra de baixa solubilidade associada à micro-organismos (MSF). / Phosphorus (P) which is a little available nutrient in tropical soils due to their disability and also because natural impoundment of the same constituents in the soil itself, forming insoluble phosphates and thus unavailable to plants. The solubilization of inorganic phosphate is a strategy to increase the availability of this nutrient in the soil. One way would be to use P-solubilizing microorganisms that make nutrients available to plants that. Thus, this study aimed to: (i) evaluate the growth of coffee as a function of the sources and levels of P2O5, (ii) determine the available phosphorus and (iii) assess the nutritional status of coffee, depending on the source and dose of P2O5. The development of coffee seedlings is higher with the use of soluble P source, in relation to the source of gradual solubility regardless of dose. The determination of the replacement capacity of the water soluble source of gradual solubility depends on the reaction time in the soil, whose maximum equivalence is equal to 84% at 180 days after fertilizer application (MSF). In soils with a sufficient level of available P for the cultivation of coffee is feasible to replace a water soluble (SFS) for another low solubility associated with micro-organisms (MSF).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T18:56:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nara Ricci.pdf: 226834 bytes, checksum: 5da4bc7f6a4e68fcd81b903381e5cff9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-04 / A pimenta Jalapenho (Capsicum annuum) é originária da cidade de Jalapa no México e resultante do melhoramento genético de pimentas do gênero Capsicum. É a pimenta mais popular do México, sendo consumida tanto fresca como desidratada, na forma de pó e fruto inteiro, em molhos e conservas. Visando contribuir para o aumento da tecnologia de produção da pimenta Jalapenho no Brasil, este trabalho foi conduzido em dois experimentos. No primeiro experimento o objetivo foi avaliar a produção de pimenta Jalapenho, cultivar Grande, utilizando diferentes espaçamentos (convencional 0,35m x 1m e adensado 0,25m x 1m) e adubações (convencional NPK e convencional acrescida de superfosfato simples). A colheita foi realizada aos 133 dias após o plantio e a produção das plantas foi avaliada pelo número de frutos por planta, comprimento, diâmetro e peso dos frutos. Foram coletadas sementes provenientes de todos os tratamentos com a finalidade de se avaliar o efeito do adensamento e a adubação acrescida de fósforo sobre o vigor das mesmas, através das seguintes variáveis: a) grau de umidade das sementes, b) condutividade elétrica, c) porcentagem de emergência na primeira contagem da germinação, d) emergência total e e) índice de velocidade de emergência. Verificou-se ausência de interação significativa entre os fatores espaçamento e adubação sobre as variáveis de produção de frutos. Concluiu-se que a aplicação de adubação mineral acrescida de superfosfato simples resultou em aumento do número de frutos por planta, embora não tenha resultado em melhoria na qualidade fisiológica das sementes. O segundo experimento foi conduzido sob condições de laboratório com o objetivo de avaliar a germinação de sementes de pimenta Jalapenho Grande extraídas de frutos colhidos aos 128 dias após o plantio, apresentando diferentes estádios de maturação (verdes e vemelhos) e submetidos ao armazenamento pós-colheita por diferentes períodos (0, 7, 14, 21 e 28 dias). A qualidade fisiológica das sementes foi avaliada pelos testes de porcentagem de emergência, primeira contagem de emergência, índice de velocidade de emergência e condutividade elétrica. Concluiu-se que o repouso pós-colheita dos frutos de pimenta Jalapenho proporciona um aumento de vigor nas sementes, independente do estágio de maturação do fruto no momento da colheita. O período de 28 dias de armazenamento pós-colheita de frutos colhidos verdes é ideal para que as sementes completem seu desenvolvimento e adquiram maior qualidade fisiológica.

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An injection technique, in which undisturbed soil cores are labelled with ³²P to study dissolution of phosphate fertilisers in the soil, was evaluated in field and glasshouse trials. When ³²P was injected between 0-150 mm depths of the undisturbed soil columns and fertilisers applied at the surface, the amounts of fertiliser P dissolved, as measured by the increases in the exchangeable P pools, were overestimated. Three possible reasons were suggested: (i) the interaction between surface-applied fertiliser, ³²P injected through the whole soil column, and the vertical decline in root density, (ii) the decline of specific activity in the exchangeable P pool due to losses of ³²P to nonexchangeable P pools and continuous addition of P from fertiliser dissolution, and (iii) non-uniform distribution of ³²P vis-a-vis ³¹P phosphate. The injection technique may be employed to assess the effectiveness of phosphate fertilisers by introducing a concept, the fertiliser equivalent (FE). The FE is a measure of the amounts of soil exchangeable P that the fertilisers are equivalent to in supplying P to plants, when applied at the specific location. Soluble single superphosphate (SSP) applied at the surface of undisturbed grassland soil cores (Tekapo fine sandy loam), was much more effective than surface-applied unground North Carolina phosphate rock (NCPR) and 30% acidulated NCPR with phosphoric acid (NCPAPR) within the 56 day period of plant growth. An isotopic dilution method, based on tracer kinetic theory, was developed to study the rates of dissolution (F in) and retention (F out) of phosphate fertilisers in the soil in growth chamber experiments. The estimation of F in and F out required labelling of the soils with carrier-free ³²P and determination of the corresponding values of the specific activities of the exchangeable P pools, SA₁ and SA₂, and the sizes of the exchangeable P pools, Q₁ and Q₂, at times t₁ and t₂. Most of the phosphate in the monocalcium phosphate (MCP) solution entered the exchangeable P pool immediately after addition to the soils (Tekapo fine sandy loam and Craigieburn silt loam), and there was little further phosphate input. With increasing periods of incubation, the phosphate was quickly transformed to less rapidly exchangeable forms. In the soils treated with ground North Carolina phosphate rock (<150 µm, NCPR) or partially acidulated (30%) NCPR with phosphoric acid (NCPAPR), the initial exchangeable P pools were not as large as those in the soils treated with MCP, but were maintained at relatively stable concentrations for extended periods, due to the continuous dissolution of PR materials and to lower rates of pretention. An increase in P-retention caused a slight rise in the rate of PR dissolution, but also a rise in the rate of P-retention by the soil. The rate of dissolution was higher at a lower application rate in relative terms, but smaller in absolute terms. The trends in the changes of plant-available P in the soils, measured by the water extractable P, Bray I P and Olsen P, correspond to those predicted by the F in and F out values. The average rates of dissolution between 1-50 and 50-111 days estimated by the F in, however, were higher than those estimated by extractions with 0.5 M NaOH followed by 1 M HCl, and with 0.5 M BaCl₂/TEA. This is partly because the Fin values reflect a plant growth effect on PR dissolution. The relative agronomic effectiveness of NCPR and NCPAPR with respect to MCP was higher after 50 and 111 days of incubation than after 1 day. The F in values were included in all the two-variable models constructed by stepwise regression to describe the relationship between plant P uptake and soil measurements. The amounts of variation in plant P uptake accounted for by the regression model was significantly improved by including F in in the model. This indicates the importance of fertiliser dissolution rates in affecting soil P supply, when phosphate fertilisers differing in solubility are applied.

Soil P fractionation was used to examine changes in soil inorganic and organic P under grazed irrigated pasture in a long-term field trial at Winchmore in Mid-Canterbury. The soil P fractionation scheme used involved sequential extractions of soil with O.5M NaHCO₃ @ pH 8.5 (NaHCO₃ P), 0.1M NaOH (NaOH I P), 1M HCl (HCl P) and 0.1M NaOH (NaOH II P). The Winchmore trial comprised 5 treatments: control (no P since 1952), 376R (376 kg superphosphate ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ 1952-1957, none since), 564R (564 kg superphosphate ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ 1952-1957, none since) 188PA (188 kg superphosphate ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ since 1952) and 376PA (376 kg superphosphate ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ since 1952: Topsoil (0-7.5cm) samples taken from the different treatments in 1958, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1974 and 1977 were used in this study. Changes in soil P with time showed that significant increases in soil inorganic P occurred in the annually fertilised treatments (l88PA, 376PA). As expected, the overall increase in total soil inorganic P between 1958 and 1977 was greater in the 376PA treatment (159 µg P g⁻¹) than that in the 188PA treatment (37 µg P g⁻¹). However, the chemical forms of inorganic P which accumulated in the annually fertilised treatments changed with time. Between 1958 and 1971 most of the increases in soil inorganic P in these treatments occurred in the NaHCO₃ and NaOH I P fractions. On the other hand, increases in soil inorganic P in the annually fertilised treatments between 1971 and 1977 were found mainly in the HCl and NaOH II P fractions. These changes in soil P forms were attributed to the combined effects of lime addition in 1972 and increased amounts of sparingly soluble apatite P and iron-aluminium P in the single superphosphate applied during the 1970's. In the residual fertiliser treatments (376R, 564R) significant decreases in all of the soil inorganic P fractions (i.e. NaHCO₃ P, NaOH I P, HCl P, NaOH II p) occurred between 1958 and 1977 following the cessation of P fertiliser inputs in 1957. This was attributed to continued plant uptake of P accumulated in the soil from earlier P fertiliser additions. However, levels of inorganic P in the different soil P fractions in the residual fertiliser treatments did not decline to those in the control which indicated that some of the inorganic P accumulated in the soil from P fertiliser applied between 1952 and 1957 was present in very stable forms. In all treatments, significant increases in soil organic P occurred between 1958 and 1971. The overall increases in total soil organic P were greater in the annually fertilised treatments (70-86 µg P g⁻¹) than those in the residual fertiliser (55-64 µg P g⁻¹) and control (34 µg P g⁻¹) treatments which reflected the respective levels of pasture production in the different treatments. These increases in soil organic P were attributed to the biological conversion of native and fertiliser inorganic P to organic P in the soil via plant, animal and microbial residues. The results also showed that annual rates of soil organic P accumulation between 1958 and 1971 decreased with time which indicated that steady-state conditions with regard to net 'organic P accumulation were being reached. In the residual fertiliser treatments, soil organic P continued to increase between 1958 and 1971 while levels of soil inorganic P and pasture production declined. This indicated that organic P which accumulated in soil from P fertiliser additions was more stable and less available to plants than inorganic forms of soil P. Between 1971 and 1974 small (10-38 µg P g⁻¹) but significant decreases in total soil organic P occurred in all treatments. This was attributed to increased mineralisation of soil organic P as a result of lime (4 t ha⁻¹) applied to the trial in 1972 and also to the observed cessation of further net soil organic P accumulation after 1971. Liming also appeared to affect the chemical nature of soil organic P as shown by the large decreases in NaOH I organic P(78-88 µg P g⁻¹) and concomitant smaller increases in NaOH II organic P (53-65 µg P g⁻¹) which occurred in all treatments between 1971 and 1974. The chemical nature of soil organic P in the Winchmore long-term trial was also investigated using 31p nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and gel filtration chromatography. This involved quantitative extraction of organic P from the soil by sequential extraction with 0.1M NaOH, 0.2M aqueous acetylacetone (pH 8.3) and 0.5M NaOH following which the extracts were concentrated by ultrafiltration. Soils (0-7.5cm) taken from the control and 376PA annually fertilised treatments in 1958, 1971 and 1983 were used in this study. 31p NMR analysis showed that most (88-94%) of the organic P in the Winchmore soils was present as orthophosphate monoester P while the remainder was found as orthophosphate diester and pyrophosphate P. Orthophosphate monoester P also made up almost all of the soil organic P which accumulated in the 376PA treatment between 1958 and 1971. This indicated that soil organic P in the 376PA and control treatments was very stable. The gel filtration studies using Sephadex G-100 showed that most (61-83%) of the soil organic P in the control and 376PA treatments was present in the low molecular weight forms (<100,000 MW), although the proportion of soil organic P in high molecular weight forms (>100,000 MW) increased from 17-19% in 1958 to 38-39% in 1983. The latter was attributed to the microbial humification of organic P and indicated a shift toward more complex and possibly more stable forms of organic P in the soil with time. Assuming that the difference in soil organic P between the control and 376PA soils sampled in 1971 and 1983 represented the organic P derived from P fertiliser additions, results showed that this soil organic P was evenly distributed between the high and low molecular weight fractions. An exhaustive pot trial was used to examine the relative availability to plants of different forms of soil inorganic and organic P in long-term fertilised pasture soils. This involved growing 3 successive crops of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in 3 Lismore silt loam (Udic Ustochrept) soils which had received different amounts of P fertiliser for many years. Two of the soils were taken from the annually fertilised treatments in the Winchmore long term trial (188PA, 376PA) and the third (Fairton) was taken from a pasture which had been irrigated with meatworks effluent for over 80 years (65 kg P ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). Each soil was subjected to 3 treatments, namely control (no nutrients added), N100 and N200. The latter treatments involved adding complete nutrient solutions with different quantities of N at rates of 100kg N ha⁻¹ (N100) and 200kg N ha⁻¹ (N200) on an area basis. The soil P fractionation scheme used was the same as that used in the Winchmore long-term trial study (i.e. NaHCO₃ P, NaOH I P, HCl P, NaOH II p). Results obtained showed that the availability to plants of different extracted inorganic P fractions, as measured by decreases in P fractions before and after 3 successive crops, followed the order: NaHCO₃ P > NaOH I P > HCl P = NaOH II P. Overall decreases in the NaHCO₃ and NaOH I inorganic P fractions were 34% and 16% respectively, while corresponding decreases in the HCl and NaOH II inorganic P fractions were small «10%) and not significant. However, a significant decrease in HCl P (16%) was observed in one soil (Fairton-N200 treatment) which was attributed to the significant decrease in soil pH (from 6.2 to 5.1) which occurred after successive cropping. Successive cropping had little or no effect on the levels of P in the different soil organic P fractions. This indicated that net soil organic P mineralisation did not contribute significantly to plant P uptake over the short-term. A short-term field experiment was also conducted to examine the effects of different soil management practices on the availability of different forms of P to plants in the long-term fertilised pasture soils. The trial was sited on selected plots of the existing annually fertilised treatments in the Winchmore long-term trial (188PA, 376PA) and comprised 5 treatments: control, 2 rates of lime (2 and 4 t ha⁻¹ ) , urea fertiliser (400kg N ha⁻¹ ) and mechanical cultivation. The above ground herbage in the uncultivated treatments was harvested on 11 occasions over a 2 year period and at each harvest topsoil (0-7.5 cm) samples were taken from all of the treatments for P analysis. The soil P fractionation scheme used in this particular trial involved sequential extractions with 0.5M NaHCO₃ @ pH 8.5 (NaHCO₃ P), 0.1M NaOH (NaOH P), ultrasonification with 0.1M NaOH (sonicate-NaOH p) and 1M HCl (HCl P). In addition, amounts of microbial P in the soils were determined. The results showed that liming resulted in small (10-21 µg P g⁻¹) though significant decreases in the NaOH soil organic P fraction in the 188PA and 376PA plots. Levels of soil microbial P were also found to be greater in the limed treatments compared with those in the controls. These results indicated that liming increased the microbial mineralisation of soil organic P in the Winchmore soils. However, pasture dry matter yields and P uptake were not significantly affected. Although urea significantly increased dry matter yields and P uptake, it did not appear to significantly affect amounts of P in the different soil P fractions. Mechanical cultivation and the subsequent fallow period (18 months) resulted in significant increases in amounts of P in the NaHCO₃ and NaOH inorganic P fractions. This was attributed to P released from the microbial decomposition of plant residues, although the absence of plants significantly reduced levels of microbial P in the cultivated soils. Practical implications of the results obtained in the present study were presented and discussed.